About: Sean Woods

Staff writer Sean Woods can think of nothing better than “messing about in boats”… or maybe aircraft… or living off the grid… Hands-on by nature, he’s blown away by the ingenuity and quality emanating from backyard workbenches. And despite being called a gadget junkie, he doesn’t actually own any. Don’t ask…

Lights, camera, (slow-mo) action! Meet the Phantom Flex4K – the world’s most advanced high-speed cinematic camera. The sequence involving Robert Downey Jr escaping through the woods amid exploding trees in the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is arguably the best slowmotion action footage ever seen on a cinematic screen. It was shot on......